Biography
Henricus Nicolaas Adama van Scheltema was born 21 March 1786 to Nicolaas Cornelis Scheltema (1755-1816) and Catharina Anna Adama (1763-1823) and died 20 February 1870 of unspecified causes. He married Madelaine Petronelle Perrenoud (1785-1816) 25 February 1814 in Amsterdam. He married Cornelia Jacobus Scheltema (1792-1823) 5 March 1818 in The Hague. He married Tetje Telting (1794-1866) 30 September 1826 in Franeker.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Carel Steven Adama van Scheltema (1815-1897) | 25 January 1815 den Haag, South Holland, Netherlands | 12 August 1897 Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands | Hendrika Jacoba Stokhuijzen (1816-1872) Françoise Madelon van Eck (1832-1883) |
| Catharina Adama van Scheltema (1816-1817) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Jacobus Adama van Scheltema (1818-1823) | |||
| Magdalena Petronella Adama van Scheltema (1820-1838) | |||
| Petronella Adama van Scheltema (1822-1823) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Johanna Adama van Scheltema (1827-1857) | |||
| Nicolaas Adama van Scheltema (1830-1831) | |||
| Jacobus Adama van Scheltema (1831-1833) | |||
| Petronella Adama van Scheltema (1831-1856) | |||
| Albertus Adama van Scheltema (1833-1833) | |||
| Albertus Adama van Scheltema (1835-1880) | |||
Footnotes (including sources)
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